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According to WBBH TV , the 58-year-old was escorted off the plane and charged with trespassing and disorderly intoxication. He also was banned from Southwest Florida International Airport for one year.

Bencivenga said he wasn't intoxicated, but crew members said he became belligerent when they tried to book him on a later flight, and he refused to leave the concourse even after police threatened to arrest him for trespassing.